Radiator.



e. E. FARLINGER.

RADIATOR.

APPLICATION FILED DEC-2. 1910.

1,138,367. Patented May 4, 1915.

GEORGE E. FARLINGER, 0F DETROIT,

TUBING COMPANY, OF DETROIT,

mCmG-AN, ASSIGNOR T0 BRISGOE MANUFAC- MICHIGAN, A CORPORATION OF MICHIGAN.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 4., acre.

1 Application filed December 2, 1919. Serial H 0. 595,275.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that LGEoRer. E. FARLINGER, a citizen of the United States of America, residing at Detroit, in the county of Wayne and State of Michigan, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Radia tors, of which the following 1s a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawings.

The invention relates to radiators particularly designed for use on motor vehicles and consists in the construction as hereinafter set forth.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of a portion of the radiator showing the manner of construction thereof; Fig. 2 is a vertical longitudinal section thereof; Fig. 3 is a front elevation.

The invention relates more particularly to radiators of that type, in which the water to be cooled is passed through vertical pipes while horizontally extending fins secured to said pipes serve to increase their radiating eificiency: In appearance such a radiator presents to View the horizontally extending parallel edges of the radiating fins but the efi'ect is not as pleasing to the eye as other constructions in which the front is divided into squares.

' It is one of the objects of the present invention to improve the appearance of the radiator and at the same time to increase the strength of the construction and its radiating efiiciency,'these objects being accomplished as follows:

A represents the water circulatingtubes of the radiator which as shown are arranged in staggered relation about are the radiating fins which are apertured to be sleeved uponthe tubes A and are arranged to extend horizontally. -The front edges of. these fins are strengthened and given a more substantial appearance by forming beads thereon preferably by bendeach other, B

ing the sheet metal about a plurality of fins, strengthening strips C which may be formed of a stiffer metal than that comp the fins. Thus as shown edges of the fins have the appearanceofiiga solid bar formed of thicker metal than-the thickness of the fins.

To produce the desired square eli'ect the the whole front is surfaced to the fins will produce heads or reinforced edges of the fins are provided with a plurality of slots D therein preferably spaced from each other a distance equal to the spacing between the fins. In these slots are placed vertically extending bars E the depth of which is slightly less than the beads so that the slots D will not completely sever the reinforcement strips C.

These b ars E are secured to the ribs preferably by dipplng in solder and subsequently so as to bring the edges of all the bars and fins in the same plane. which can scarcely be distinguished from a square tube radiator construction.

In addition to the improvement in appearance, the construction above described greatly strengthens the radiator. obvious that the thin metal of the fins possess very little strength and the slightest blow on the radiator front will bend and distort the metal. With my improved construction however, edges of the fins due to the strips inclosed in the beads and also the cross-bars secured a very strong structure not easily disfigured.

lhus an appearance is produced 6 It is the reinforcement of the Still another advantage of 'the constructhe indirect radiating sur- 5' A- radiator comprising liquid circulating tubes, fins extending transversely thereof having an integral portion at their forward edge bent to form beads, reinforcing strips of stifi'er. metal inclosed in said beads, said reinforcing strips and beads being slotted, the depth of the slot being slightly 1cm than the depth of'the reinforcing mem- .9

bar, and bars extending transversely to said engaging said slots. In testimony whereof I alfix my signature H p in Presance of two witnesses. in F1g. 3 t he lent"...

GEORGE E. FARLINGER.

Witnesses:

Gnome J. MoCtmLnr,

J0me C. WHITE. 

